![]() ![]() "The reason is that the depth of a good book is so much greater than you could possibly do on screen in 90 minutes. "I really think you shouldn't do films of good books," Alfredson told the Los Angeles Times. After reading Lindqvist’s novel, Alfredson expressed interest in adapting it for the screen, despite a general belief that great books cannot be made into great films. He was gifted the book by a friend (something he claimed he usually objects to, because he finds book selection too personal for gift giving), and after letting it sit around his house for a while, he picked it up and became engrossed. Ironically, director Tomas Alfredson was not among the people initially circling the project. Let The Right One In began its life as a 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, which became a bestseller in Lindqvist's home country of Sweden and soon began attracting movie producers interested in bringing the story to the screen. ![]()
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